WORK EXPERIENCE
2002 – 2006
CYBERONICS, INC..
Senior Director, Product
Performance
Accomplishments included development & growth of the Product Performance
function, trend analysis and corporate statistical support.
1999 -
2002 GUIDANT
CORPORATION, St. Paul, MInnesota
Scientific Fellow
Relocated to CRM Division in St.
Paul to provide statistical oversight & statistical corporate training in the analysis of technical issues.
1998 - 1999 GUIDANT
INTERMEDICS, INC., Angleton,
Texas
Vice President of Product Assurance
Retained by new owners, Guidant Corporation, to assist in the phase-out of Texas operations and the transfer of technologies to other facilities.
1995 – 1998
SULZER INTERMEDICS, INC., Angleton, Texas
Vice President
of Product Assurance
Restructured the Quality System in conformance with the new FDA Quality System
Regulation, passing the last three FDA audits and two TUV assessments.
1992 – 1995
SIEMENS PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, California
Senior Vice President
of Quality Assurance
Headed the effort which cleared an FDA Warning Letter and resulted in PMA
approval of the new primary manufacturing facility. Created a structured Quality System which led to EN 29001 certification
by the European Notified Body.
1978
– 1992 INTERMEDICS, INC., Freeport, Texas
Vice President
of Product Assurance
Staffed, structured and guided the Product Assurance endeavor through a fourteen-year
history of unexcelled product reliability within the industry.
1975
– 1978 MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Manager of Statistical
Resources
Developed a statistically-based methodology for product performance reporting to the
medical community, enabling the company to successfully manage a major field problem without the stigma of a Medical Device
Safety Alert.
1968 – 1975 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, St. Paul, Mn
Assistant Professor and Associate Professor
Taught courses in Forest Mensuration, Statistical Methods, Photogrammetry, Research
Methods and Design of Experiments
Supervised Ph.D. candidates in Forest Biometrics.
Conducted research and published papers in Statistical Ecology and Sampling Theory.
Provided consulting services to corporations.
1964 – 1968 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Natural Resources, East
Lansing, Michigan
Instructor and Assistant Professor
Prepared and taught courses in Forest Mensuration, Aerial Photographic Interpretation, Statistics and Forest Survey
Methods.
Conducted and published doctoral thesis research.
1960 – 1964
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Toronto,
Canada
Lecturer, Departments
of Civil Engineering and Forestry (1963 to 1964).
Instructor, Department of Applied Physics in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Taught courses to Civil Engineering and Forestry students in Analytical Photogrammetry and Statistical
Methodology.
Conducted research in Photogrammetry and Statistics.
EDUCATION
1956 – 1960. B. Sc. F.
University of Toronto
1961 – 1963. M. Sc. F. University of Toronto,
1965 – 1968. Ph. D.
Michigan State
University,
HONORARY SOCIETIES
Sigma Xi
Xi Sigma Pi
Phi Kappa Phi
